Tag: statins

Can a statin help flow diverters heal? Lessons from a preclinical...

In a preclinical study recently published in the Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery, Francesco Diana (Barcelona, Spain) and colleagues evaluated whether adding rosuvastatin to aspirin...

Less than half of US stroke patients are prescribed recommended statins

In the USA, less than half of stroke patients discharged from the hospital received a prescription for statins, and the likelihood of a prescription varied...

Quitting statins after stroke may raise risk of another stroke

Stroke patients who stopped taking statin drugs three to six months after a first ischaemic stroke had a higher risk of a having another stroke...